SIT Graduate Institute

What is the history of SIT Graduate Institute?

SIT Graduate Institute is the graduate-education arm of the School for International Training, whose origins lie in The Experiment in International Living. The Experiment began in 1932 as an educational exchange organization; the School for International Training was established in 1964 to extend that approach to formal education and professional training.

SIT subsequently developed graduate programs centered on international work, education, and social change. It operates within World Learning, the organization that also encompasses SIT Study Abroad. That relationship helps explain SIT's emphasis on learning across cultures, but a prospective graduate student should distinguish an SIT Graduate Institute degree from an undergraduate SIT Study Abroad program.

What are the faculties and departments at SIT Graduate Institute?

SIT Graduate Institute specializes in graduate education rather than offering a conventional collection of undergraduate colleges and majors. Its academic offerings are organized around fields such as international education, sustainable development, humanitarian assistance, and teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Programs may combine online coursework with supervised fieldwork, internships, or short in-person components. Delivery and requirements differ by degree, so applicants should check the current program description for its credential, curriculum, location requirements, and expected time to completion. Undergraduate study-abroad courses offered under the SIT name should not be mistaken for bachelor's degrees from the Graduate Institute.

What is the location of SIT Graduate Institute?

SIT Graduate Institute is associated with Brattleboro, in southeastern Vermont, but students should not assume that every graduate program is taught primarily on a Brattleboro campus. Program formats can include online study and learning in other locations.

Brattleboro is a small town near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire borders. For a program requiring an in-person visit, travel planning matters: regional rail and bus options are more limited than those of a major city, and students may need to arrange onward transportation from a larger airport. The relevant question is where a particular cohort must be present, and for how long, rather than the institution's mailing location alone.

What is the mission and vision of SIT Graduate Institute?

SIT describes its educational purpose in terms of experiential learning, intercultural understanding, and addressing global challenges. Its graduate programs apply that approach to professional fields in which work often crosses national, linguistic, or cultural boundaries.

These are the institution's stated priorities, not measures of any individual student's experience or career outcome. Applicants can assess how the approach works in practice by examining a program's fieldwork, supervision, language expectations, and opportunities to work with communities or organizations outside the classroom.